US Patent 10379841 Facilitating automatic container updating within a container-based environment

A facility is provided for automatically updating a version of a base image included within an application container of a container-based processing environment. The facility includes providing an application container having an associated configuration file with automatic update specified in connection with a referenced based image. The application container includes an existing version of the referenced base image. Availability of an updated version of the base image with the container-based processing environment is identified, and based on identifying availability of the updated version of the base image, the application container is automatically updated to an updated container, which includes the updated version of the base image.